Elevator Girl Page #3

Synopsis: Succesful Boston lawyer Jonathan McIntyre is a fatherless workaholic, who only dates girls recommended as career boosts by his colleague and buddy Nick Sweeney. At Jonathan's festive inauguration as the law firm's youngest full partner, he meets in the elevator Liberty Taylor, the caterer, who still refuses to pick one of her jobs for every day of the week. Encouraged enterprisingly by his secretary Rosemary, they date and start falling in love. As Nick predicted, her lack of ambition and social skills prove rather a big obstacle for his future.
 
IMDB:
6.4
TV-PG
Year:
2010
88 min
129 Views


I HAD A FAILED ATTEMP ON THE SOCCER TEAM,

AND I FINALLY REALIZED

I REALLY WASN'T THAT ATHLETIC,

SO I MOVED ON TO MUSIC,

WHERE I PLAYED THE FLUTE,

I PLAYED THE SAX.

I TOOK ALL KINDS

OF ART CLASSES.

WOW. YOU MUST BE

REALLY CREATIVE.

I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN,

I LIKE TO THINK SO, YEAH.

BUT I'M SURE YOU ARE, TOO.

I MEAN,

YOUR JOB JUST TAKES

A DIFFERENT KIND

OF CREATIVITY.

[laughs]

I'M SURE THERE'S AN ARTIS IN THERE SOMEWHERE

JUST DYING TO COME OUT.

- WELL...

- WHAT?

OKAY, I-- IT MIGHT BE

THE, UH, FRUSTRATED

RACE-CAR DRIVER IN ME, BUT...

OH, COME ON. SPILL.

I KINDA LIKE TO, UH--

I LIKE TO PAINT MODEL CARS.

- [laughs]

- YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF STUPID.

I KNOW.

NO. NO, IT'S NOT STUPID.

I MEAN, ART'S IN THE EYE

OF THE BEHOLDER, RIGHT?

YEAH. RIGHT.

I LIKE THAT.

YEAH. WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WHAT'S YOUR--

YOUR NEXT CREATIVE OUTLET?

WELL, HONESTLY,

I'M EIGHT CREDITS AWAY

FROM FINISHING CULINARY SCHOOL,

AND IF I WOULD JUST GO

AND FINISH--

I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE

I NEVER HAVE TIME.

WELL, IT'S GREAT, THOUGH.

I CAN'T COOK A THING.

WHEN I'M WORKING,

I EAT OUT,

AND WHEN I'M HOME,

I MICROWAVE ALL MY FOOD, SO...

OH, THAT'S TERRIBLE.

COOKING IS FUN.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I CAN MESS UP TOAST.

[sighs] SHOULDN'T BE

TOO MUCH LONGER, RIGHT?

I MEAN--

OH, YOUR--

YOUR TIE IS A MESS.

- OH, SORRY.

- OH, SORRY.

DO YOU WANT ME TO FIX IT?

YES. YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THERE.

YOU'RE PERFECT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW

IF I'D SAY PERFECT.

I MEAN,

I STILL CAN'T COOK, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,

IF I'M GONNA LEARN

HOW TO COOK, I...

I MEAN, I PROBABLY NEED

SOMEONE TO TEACH ME.

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE

THAT COULD DO THAT OR...

HMM...

MAYBE.

- YEAH?

I'LL HAVE TO THINK

ABOUT THAT.

[loud thud]

- OH!

[elevator running]

- UM...

- I'M SORRY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WOW.

SO THIS WAS, UH...

THIS WAS FUN, ACTUALLY,

BEING TRAPPED:

IN AN ELEVATOR WITH YOU.

YEAH, IT WAS.

WE SHOULD DO IT AGAIN

ONE TIME.

I MEAN, WITHOU THE ELEVATOR, OF COURSE.

RIGHT, OF COURSE.

MAYBE A COOKING LESSON.

YEAH, A COOKING LESSON,

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, UM,

I'LL SEE YOU AROUND.

OKAY. BYE.

JONATHAN.

- ALAN.

- YOU MADE IT.

- HOW ARE YOU?

- LET'S GET YOU A DRINK.

YEAH.

EVERYTHING GOING OKAY?

- YEAH, FINE. THANK YOU.

- GOOD.

WE ARE HERE TONIGH TO TALK ABOUT A YOUNG MAN

WHO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOU AND FEEL JUST PRIVILEGED

TO HAVE, UH,

IN THE FOUR WALLS

OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

THIS YOUNG MAN HAS MADE

HIS ASCENT IN THIS FIRM

SEEM PRACTICALLY EFFORTLESS,

WITH THE EXCEPTION

OF TONIGHT,

WHEN HE WAS HARSHLY OVERRULED

BY A POWERLESS ELEVATOR

AS HE WAS TRYING TO COME UP

TO THE DINNER.

[laughter]

SO I WELCOME HIM

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